May 19, 2021
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1. Kim Tae Hee
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Not just one of South Korea’s most popular actresses, Kim Tae Hee’s also a real estate mogul. In fact, she’s proven her mettle as a real estate investor so much so that she reportedly started a property rental firm that manages the businesses that rent spaces from her.
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Commentary: Does Singapore have to resort to slapstick and Singlish to get public messages across? Whether you found it tacky or catchy (or both), the Phua Chu Kang-fronted COVID-19 vaccination music video sure got everyone’s attention. Isn’t that half the battle won, asks Tracy Lee.
Screenshot of the Get Your Shot, Steady Pom Pi Pi music video.
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SINGAPORE: By now, you’ve probably seen Get Your Shot, Steady Pom Pi Pi, the colourful, raucous Singlish-inflected rap music video.
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If you’ve been hesitating about getting your Covid-19 shot, Singapore’s favourite contractor Phua Chu Kang is back to say, “Better faster vaccinate!”
In a reprisal of his hit role on the Mediacorp TV Channel 5 sitcom Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, comedian Gurmit Singh hams it up with screen wife Rosie (played by Irene Ang) in an
infectious disco number. In his trademark yellow boots, curly hair and mole, Phua Chu Kang works to persuade Rosie to get her shot, while allaying common fears about Covid-19 vaccinations. And of course, what’s a PSA fronted by Phua Chu Kang without copious amounts of Singlish and iconic phrases like “steady pom pi pi” and “your mother never teach you meh?”.
PETALING JAYA: Don t play-play when it comes to vaccination to protect yourself and your family from Covid-19.
Phua Chu Kang, the Singaporean contractor with his trademark yellow boots, perm and mole, has returned in a quirky new music video with his wife Rosie to urge Singaporeans to get vaccinated.
Actor Gurmit Singh reprises his role from the long-running 1997-2007 MediaCorp TV show as Phua Chu Kang while Rosie is, as ever, played by Irene Ang.
In the two-minute video, the duo dance and rap to tunes that call on Singaporeans to get inoculated in the country s immunisation programme.
The video was shared by the official Singaporean government Twitter account on Tuesday (May 4), with the accompanying captions Don t play play! Singapore s favourite contractor is back to rally Singaporeans to get their Covid-19 vaccines!